This paper examines how current political and social thought, which is built on the foundation of moral
relativism, cannot
chart a path for a nation to follow out of confusion into an enlightened and orderly
society. The tools, talents, skills, and abilities of moral
relativism are completely inadequate for leading a nation. In particular, it looks at how Leo Strauss is one of the few modern philosophers who understood that moral relativism is a source of evil in the world and cannot produce a just and fair society.